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On Sunday, five years to the day after his memorable play became a symbol of a devastated community's will to carry on, Gleason, 34, went public with his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
An expert on Lou Gehrigâs disease explains what we know about this debilitating condition and how Hawking has beaten the odds. Physicist Stephen Hawking onstage at the 2010 World Science Festival Opening Night Gala in June 2010 in New York City. Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.